Duke Cancer Care Research Program :: Duke Cancer Care Research Program

Duke Cancer Care Research Program (DCCRP) welcomes you to our website. We are a team of clinical researchers who focus on improving the health-related, emotional, psychosocial, and spiritual experiences of cancer patients. Our strategy has four prongs:

	•	conduct of clinical trials
	•	development of a powerful data collection and management system, to generate a robust body of evidence about what patients experience and "what helps"
	•	creation and testing of new models of care, basedu upon research evidence
	•	assessment of quality of care, and promotion of quality improvement

Please view this website as a resource -- whether you are a patient, a friend or relative of a patient, a health care provider, or a potential DCCRP research or clinical partner. Enjoy navigating through and learning about DCCRP, but do not hesitate to contact us directly if you would like additional information. We look forward to hearing from you or meeting you in person.

NEWS:
February 16, 2009 - Press Release from the Annals of Internal Medicine: Medicare’s Current Method for Deciding to Pay for Off-Label Uses of Cancer Drugs Relies on an Inconsistent and Outdated Source - publication by Dr. Amy Abernethy et al

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►Pathfinders Patient Movie play video

►Listen to the Aspen Public Radio interview with Dr. Amy Abernethy and Tina Staley on Pathfinders - one of DCCRP's Research Initiatives.